Eight books about Muslim life for a nation that knows little about Islam

Laila Lalami's most recent book, The Moor’s Account, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. At the Washington Post she tagged eight books about Muslim life for a nation that knows little about Islam, including:

A Map of Home, by Randa Jarrar (2008)

Nidali, a smart, rebellious girl from Boston, narrates this touching coming-of-age novel by a talented young writer. Nidali moves with her family to Kuwait, then to Egypt and then again to Texas, each move causing her to lose friends and forcing her to reinvent herself to survive. Her family is funny and eccentric, but beneath the jokes lie the pain of domestic abuse and the struggle of overcoming it.

Read about the other books on the list.

A Map of Home is among Ahmed Ali Akbar's 14 novels about Muslim life that open up worlds for their audiences.

My Book, The Movie: A Map of Home.

--Marshal Zeringue